Joseph lichtenste in and robert flocke



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J. LIGHTE'NSTEIN & R. PLOOKE.

TRAVELING BAG.

No. 363,654. 7 Patentd May 24,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LICHTEN STEIN AND ROBERT FLOCKE, OF NEWARK, NElV JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO R. NEUMANN & OO., OF SAME PLACE.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,654, dated May 24, 1887.

Applicalion filed April 7, 1887. Serial No. 234,024. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrn LICHTENSTEIN and ROBERT FLOCKE, both citizens of the United States, both residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Traveling-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in traveling-bags, as set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 .is a section in the plane m a Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section in the plane yy, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of part of a pair of frames. Fig. 4 is a section in the plane z 2, Fig. 3.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letters A B indicate the frames of a bag. ing lugs or ears D. One of the frames-as, for example, the frame B-is rigidly or firmly se cured to the lugs D of the bar 0. The other frame is jointed or pivoted to the lugs D of the bar C, so that said frame can swing on the lu s.

In the drawings are shown pins or pivots E forjointing the frame A to the lugs D. As the frame B and the bar O are firmly united, the bar 0 partakes of the motion of the frame B when the frames A B are opened and closed. To protect the material of the bag, the bar 0 has guards secured to such bar. The guards are made with two branches, F G. The branches F are secured to the bar 0 by suitable means, such as rivets H. The branches G rest alongside the frames and are secured to the frame B by suit-able means, such as rivets I. As the guardsF Gare secured to the bar 0, the guards move with the bar when the frames are opened and closed, and when the frames are opened the branches G of the guards are swung aside with the frame B and out of the way, so as not to interfere with the packing or unpacking of the bag.

In Fig. 2 sections K L of a bag are shown applied to the frames. Apartition, M, is shown as being adapted to separate the sections K L. The partition M can be oscillated so as to cover or uncover one section.

from the bag.

0 is a bottom bar hav- The partition M is provided with an axle or shaft, N. The bearings of the axle N are formed in lugs or ears 0 Q. The lug O is secured to one of the frames by suitable means, such as a rivet, 1. Thelug Q is held in place by a movable arm or holding device, R. In the drawings the arm It is shown as beingmovable about a pivot, S.

By swinging or moving the arm R away from the lug Q said lug is free to be taken away from the frame on which said lug Q is resting. The axle N can then be withdrawn from the lug O, and the partition M is thereby removed By insertiuga part of the axle N into the bearing or lug O, and by securing the hearing or lug Q in place by the arm It, the axle N and partition M are secured in place. The partition M can thus be readily inserted into or removed from the bag.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. The combination of the bottom bar, 0, the laterally-projecting lugs D, secured adjacent to the ends of the bar, the frame 13, rigidly sccured to the ends of the bar outside the lugs and acting to turn said bar when the frame isswung open, and theframe A, attached by pivots E to the lugs at one side of the bottom bar, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the frames A B, of the bottom bar, 0, rigidly seen red at its ends to and turning with the frame 13 when the latter is swung to its opened and closed positions, and guards F G, secured to the bottom bar and the frame B and turning with said bar and frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the bag sections and frames, of a partition, M, having an axle, N, at its lower edge, a bearing, 0, for one end of the axle, a removable bearing, Q, for the other end of the axle, and a device for holding the removable bearing in place, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the bag sections and the frames, of the partition M, having an axle, N, at its lower edge, a fixed bearing, 0, for one end of the axle, a removable bearing, Q, for the other end of the axle, and a pivoted swinging arm, R, for holding the removable bearing in place, substantially as described.

I 5. The combination, with the frames A B, In testimony whereof we have hereunto set 1-) of the bottom bar, 0, rigidly secured at its ends our hands and seals in the presence of two to and turning with the frame B when the latsubscribing witnesses. ter is swung open and closed, the laterallyprojecting lugs D, secured to the bottom bar STEIN between the lower ends of the frames, and pivw ots E, attaching the frame A to the lugs at one XVitnesses: side of the bottom bar, substantially as de- \V. G. HAUFF, scribed. J'. VAN SANTVOORD. 

